ALAMEDA COUNTY / School Board Member Resigns in Pleasanton

Published 4:00 am, Friday, September 11, 1998

Pleasanton -- A school board member in Pleasanton has resigned, leaving the board to decide whether to appoint a replacement or put the seat up for election.

Laura Bassett, who was elected in November 1997, submitted her resignation this week.

The board will discuss what to do about the vacancy at a 7 p.m. meeting Tuesday at 4665 Bernal Ave. in Pleasanton. The board could decide to appoint a replacement or hold an election in March, which could cost as much as $75,000.

If the board appoints a replacement, the member would serve until the next regularly scheduled election in November 1999, when he or she would have to run for the remaining two years of the term.